FM Cultural Calendar | Starting Friday, October 3, 2014

Student Choreography ProjectThe 2 pm and 8 pm performances on Oct. 4 will be streamed LIVE. This edgy and inspired concert features selections from a variety of dance genres by some of Conservatory Dance Company’s most promising young artists. "Til the End," choreographed and performed by John O'Neill and Jennifer Florentino for the Student Choreography Project was chosen for the National College Dance Festival at the Kennedy Center. 10/03/2014 - 10/05/2014

Are You Still There?Separated by streets, ideas, and lifetimes, we meet through dropped calls that ring off walls and reach for a clear connection. Why do we hold onto that fading line that leaves us asking, "Are You Still There?" This world premiere dance performance features original, live music by Ian Green.10/03/2014 - 10/10/201410/03 - 8:00 pm10/04 - 8:00 pm10/07 - 8:00 pm10/08 - 8:00 pm10/09 - 8:00 pm10/10 - 8:00 pm

Meridian Arts Brass EnsembleMeridian's five brass players and a percussionist comprise America's leading brass group exploring the music of today. They'll feature Andrew Rindfleisch's "In the Zone" and "Four Fanfares for Two Trumpets," and his arrangements of music by Stephen Foster, James Thornton, and Walter Kollo. Rindfleisch will be in attendance. Meridian also plays music by Pitt faculty composer Amy Williams, David Felder and Giovanni Gabrieli.10/03/2014Time: 8:00 pm

Book of EzraPlaywrights founder and producing artistic director Mark Clayton Southers will direct the premiere of a one-man play, Book of Ezra, written and performed by spoken word artist and national slam poet Leslie Ezra Smith. Book of Ezra chronicles his coming of age and consciousness – growing up as a Black man in America.10/04/2014 - 10/25/2014Pittsburgh Playwrights Theater, 937 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map

Guest Recital: Nancy Allen, harpPrincipal Harpist of the New York Philharmonic, Nancy Allen will give a guest recital featuring the works of Respighi, Faure, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Francois Couperin, and more.10/05/2014Time: 2:00 pm

Faith & Fate: Beethoven's Mass in C and Brahms' SchicksalsliedThe Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra accompanies the Mendelssohn Choir in Brahms and Beethoven conducted by Betsy Burleigh. Brahms' Schicksalslied, or Song of Fate, takes us from heavenly bliss to the dramatic depths of despair, bemoaning the unpredictability of our earthly existence. Beethoven's Mass in C Major is an unexpectedly peaceful and sublime expression of faith from the stormy iconoclast.10/05/2014Time: 3:00 pm

Linda EderThe Pittsburgh Cultural Trust presents one of the greatest contemporary voices of our time, Linda Eder, as part of the TRUST Cabaret Series. Eder's diverse repertoire spans Broadway, standards, pop, country, and jazz. As the tragic character "Lucy" in the Broadway musical JEKYLL & HYDE, Eder blew the roof off each night as she belted out "Someone Like You" and "A New Life," and was rewarded with a Drama Desk nomination.10/06/2014Time: 7:30 pm

The Story Collider: ReactionsFive Carnegie Mellon students will share the true, personal stories behind their research. Adam struggles to save his sea urchins from the polar vortex. Casey's in the middle of the ocean when the ship's internet breaks, and Matineh reacts to a change in culture when her research moves her from Iran to Pittsburgh. The result is a funny and touching show.10/06/2014Time: 8:00 pm